Enduring Legacies of Colonialism
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Sunday, November 17
Capitol Extension Room: E2.016 (1100 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701)
Explore the lasting impacts of colonialism with authors Margaret Juhae Lee and Mónica A. Jiménez. In her memoir, Starry Field, Lee uncovers her grandfather’s lost legacy as a student revolutionary in colonial Korea, revealing how personal history intertwines with national identity and trauma. Meanwhile, Jiménez’s Making Never-Never Land: Race and Law in the Creation of Puerto Rico examines how racialized laws have shaped Puerto Rico's status as a twenty-first-century colony, linking the island's struggles to broader patterns of US settler colonialism and racial exclusion. This session invites readers to reflect on heritage, identity and how colonial histories continue to resonate in the present.
- Books: Making Never-Never Land: Race and Law in the Creation of Puerto Rico, Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History
- Book Type: Non Fiction
- Authors: Mónica A. Jiménez, Margaret Juhae Lee
- Moderator: Lourdes Rodríguez
- Book Signing: 12:30 PM at Main Signing Tent